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- From: pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Recommendations wanted on PC Unix system purchase
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.175938.10679@mccc.edu>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 17:59:38 GMT
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- Piercarlo Grandi (pcg@aber.ac.uk) wrote:
- : On 16 Aug 92 02:13:49 GMT, pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg) said:
- :
- : pjh> Piercarlo Grandi (pcg@aber.ac.uk) wrote: If you think that Dell's
- :
- : pcg> DAT drive is too expensive, get one from APS (alliance peripherals
- : pcg> systems); it costs about $1400. The APS DAT is portable; you can
- : pcg> actually carry it from machine to machine, it is very small and
- : pcg> light.
- :
- : pjh> Does it work off a serial or parallel port, or do you have to open
- : pjh> up each machine and attach it to the SCSI controller?
- :
- : Neither :-). It's a SCSI device, and all Nice and Fine SCSI controllers
- : have a SCSI socket on the back, so you can attach both external and
- : internal devices to the same SCSI bus.
- :
- : By default, even when there are no external devices plugged in, I keep
- : that end of the bus externally terminated, so I can always unplug the
- : exterminal terminator and plug in an external device.
- :
- : And yes, if you are *careful* you can even do this without powering down
- : the machine (but I explicitly disclaim any and all consequences of
- : taking such a risk).
-
- So -- at least in theory -- I could use the DAT I have on my UNIX 386
- with any MS-DOS computers that have (a) a SCSI controller and (b) the
- appropriate software. Hmmm...time to visit comp.sys.ibm.pc!
-